The chemical evolution of unresolved stellar populations : from stellar astrophysics to cosmology

Stars light up galaxies that are the major building blocks of the Universe. Throughout this thesis we cover the analysis of stars and stellar populations to gain knowledge on the formation of galaxies and the evolution of the Universe. Understanding massive earlytype galaxies is key to understand ma...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Johansson, Jonas
Other Authors: Thomas, Daniel George ; Maraston, Claudia
Published: University of Portsmouth 2011
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.557107